Askbot is open source software used to create question and answer oriented Internet forums. The site started in July 2009,[2] initially similar to Stack Overflow or Yahoo! Answers.[3] Based on CNPROG[4][5] and some code written for OSQA, it is primarily developed and maintained by Evgeny Fadeev.[6]
| Initial release | 2011 |
|---|---|
| Stable release | 0.7.53.1[1] 
/ 22 April 2015 |
| Repository | |
| Written in | Python (Django) |
| Type | Web-based Q&A system |
| License | GPL3 or later |
| Website | askbot |
Websites use Askbot to run their Q&A sites. Askbot can be easily installed by using the documentation[7] on Ubuntu and CentOS.
The Document Foundation put some funds in AskBot development.[8] and LibreOffice used Askbot for Q&A but they decided to migrate to Discourse,[9] as Fedora had done before with its Q&A.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Release 0.7.53.1". 22 April 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
- ^ "ASKBOT on GitHub". GitHub. Retrieved 2015-04-07.
- ^ "Askbot". Fedora Project Wiki. Retrieved 2015-04-07.
- ^ "CNProg: A Django Q&A system with community features". Retrieved 2015-04-07.
- ^ "An open source Q&A(question and answer) eco-system". GitHub. Retrieved 2015-04-07.
- ^ "ASKBOT people". GitHub. Retrieved 2015-04-07.
- ^ Raha, Gopal. "How to Install and Configure AskBot".
- ^ "Bod minutes from 2014-09-01".
The budget for the AskBot improvements will be topped up by 2.000 €, to foster further improvements.
- ^ "[libreoffice-website] Important: AskBot migration – The Document Foundation Mailing List Archives". listarchives.libreoffice.org. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
External links edit
- askbot-devel on GitHub
- "list of askbot sites". 2012-11-02.
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